Improvement in hounds, sway-bars, tongue-braces, and cross-bars of vehicles



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Wagon Hound. N11. 111,046. Patemed' 11111. 17. 1871.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

GERARD DOAN, THEODORE WALLIS, AND GEORGE D. MORELAND, OF FLEMING, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO THOMAS M. JONES, OF CHICAGO, ILL.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOUNDS, SWAY-BARS, TONGUE-BRACES, AND CROSS-BARS 0F VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 11,046, dated January 17, 1871.

To whom it may concern Be it known that we, GERARD DoAN, THEO- DORE WALLIS, and GEORGE D. MORELAND, of the town of Fleming, in the county of Gayuga and State of New York, have' invented Improvements in the Hounds, Sway Bar, Tongue-Braces, and Cross-Bar of Vehicles; and in order that others skilled in the art may know how to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construction and mode of operation.

Figure l is a perspective view of all the' parts havin g reference thereto.

A A are portions of the two axle-trees. B B are the crotclrbraces supporting the rear end ofthe reach C, and are steamed and bent in the form represented in the drawings.

D is one piece of wood steamed and bent into the forni indicated in the drawings, said forni constituting and making the three por tions of the wagon-to wit, the two hounds E E, and the sway-bar F-all in one piece.

G is one piece bent into the form indicated as above, and, when constructed as represented, performs the functions of two braces, H H, and a cross-bar framed through both, as well as the tongue I, for supporting the same.

We are aware that the hounds and swaybar of a vehicle have been formed of a single piece of wood bent into nearly the full are of a circle, and each end then bent at right angles thereto, for the purpose of tting upon und bracing the tongue. By this method the ends are bent and the fiber along the whole line of the curve is strained into shape, while we bend only'at two points7 on short arcs, between the hounds and sway-bar.

Having above described the construction and mode of operating our invention, what we claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The hounds E E and sway-bar F, formed of a single piece of wood, bent only at the junction of said hounds with said sway-bar, in the manner described.

2. The single piece of wood G, bent as set forth, combined with tongue and hounds E E, to perform therefor the functions of both a cross-bar and pair of braces, as described.

GERARD vDOAN. THEODORE WALLIS. GEORGE D. MORELAND.

IVitnesses A. BABBETT, H. REA. 

